Work type: Vocal

Terfel’s charismatic account of Schubert songs orchestrated by a variety of composers, Sofia Gubaidulina’s meditation on his Impromtu and the composer’s own longest symphony make a varied and rewarding evening at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.

****1

Manfred Honeck brings his über-dramatic Mozart Requiem to Chicago

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Graham Meyer, 20 Nov

The Austrian conductor's loudest fortes and softest pianos pull together a dramatic arc from the Requiem, other Mozart works and chant. But it's not really a funeral.

****1

Karpman’s opera Balls tells a great story, but overshoots the line

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David Karlin, 20 Nov

An entertaining portrayal of the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is marred by ham-fisted amplification.

**111

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam: an evening in the arms of Death

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Phil Parker, 20 Nov

A death-themed evening might not seem a crowd-pleaser, but the Dudok Quartet defies convention in this excellent concert at Sheffield’s Music in the Round.

****1

Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham

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Simon Cummings, 19 Nov

Soprano Helena Juntunen does her best in Sibelius’ songs but finds little support from Osmo Vänskä and the CBSO.

*1111

Breath and soul: Bach’s eloquent oboe at the Seattle Bach Festival

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Thomas May, 09 Nov

In ‘The Eloquent Oboe’, Tekla Cunningham and colleagues draw out the quiet drama in solo Bach cantatas – where the oboe’s sigh becomes the soul’s own speech.

****1

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